Panel rules in favor of U.S. in GE corn dispute

Texas Agriculture Daily ^ | 8 January 2024 | Jessica Domel

[LastDayz]

Being a lifelong Texan, I will have to concur with Mexico on this one. Seems to me they have the right to refuse any type of genetically modified crops to preserve their native species. Speaking of science, does anybody know the long term health effects of GE as well as GM foods or is this something else that's being hidden from the general public. Smells like some powerful interests have their panties in a wad and can't get fat plying their substandard food-stocks.

[Mariner]

” to preserve their native species.”

That’s the most important.

[LastDayz]

Yep.... that’s pretty much what I posted on their site and was denied a voice.

[fruser1]

No know probs w/genetically modified foodstuffs though there are those that hold them in suspicion because it’s not “natural”.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Oranges are genetically different than apples.

So oranges are bad?

[SoConPubbie]

Oranges are genetically different than apples.

So oranges are bad?

I see you didn't take any logic courses in college, did you?!

[lonestar67]

GM danger is a classic manipulation of radical left politics.

Any excuse to be anti American is allowed in Mexico and Europe.

[Mariner]

“GM danger is a classic manipulation of radical left politics.”

Nonsense.

Those genes pollinate natural species, driving entire crops to mono-hybrid.

Species that have adapted and curated over millennia will eventually be eliminated.

If you think that’s a manipulation of radical left politics you need to go back to school.

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

So the Mexicans oppose illegal corn immigration, do I have that right?

[VeniVidiVici]

So is plant grafting GM?

[Mariner]

“So is plant grafting GM?”

No.

do your research so you cans ask a pertinent question.

[Wallace T.]

The United States is better at producing corn than Mexico, GM or not. One effect of NAFTA was to eliminate thousands of Mexican small farmers. Corn is a major staple of the Mexican diet. Cheaper U.S. corn forced local corn out of the market. NAFTA damaged American manufacturing and Mexican agriculture. Over 30 years ago, Ross Perot was greatly criticized for opposing NAFTA. It turns out his assessment was right.

[escapefromboston]

Mexico should ban whatever it wants.

[VeniVidiVici]

Jackass

Farmers may have been accidentally making GMOs for millennia

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2079813-farmers-may-have-been-accidentally-making-gmos-for-millennia

I’m not writing a freaking paper I asked a simple question.

[kenmcg]

Constitutional rights for those here illegally? Talk about insanity.

[PeterPrinciple]

One effect of NAFTA was to eliminate thousands of Mexican small farmers. Corn is a major staple of the Mexican diet.

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For most of the world yellow corn is animal feed, not human food. Many will starve before eating yellow corn.

https://tradecouncil.org/mexico-plans-significant-yellow-corn-imports-in-2024-amid-agricultural-challenges/

The issue is more a shortage from drought that overcomes the gmo issue this year?

[Mariner]

From your article:

“Genome swapping only takes place close to the site of a graft, but new shoots often spring up in this region. These shoots can give rise to new plants with mixed genomes.

Because grafting has been widely used for millennia, it is highly likely that some of the plants we eat were created by this kind of unintentional genetic engineering by farmers, Maliga and Bock think.

Nobody has looked for evidence yet, says Maliga. “But I would be very surprised if people didn’t find any sign of this.”

They’re guessing.

[BlueLancer]

For most of the world yellow corn is animal feed, not human food. Many will starve before eating yellow corn.

“If they would rather die,” said Scrooge, “they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.”

[blackdog]

I grow my own corn. A 50' X 10' stand grows enough corn we turn into cornmeal to fill 2 50 pound sacks we store in the garage. It gives you something to do between Christmas and Easter. Bought an old corn shelling wheel at an antique store for $25. Store the corn on the Cobb and only grind what you need for a month at a time. That way you avoid any grain moth larvae. Same with black beans, pinto beans, and Northern beans. We store those in 5 gallon pails we flush with nitrogen. Kohlrabi, Swiss chard, collards, radishes, leaf lettuce, okra, green beans, tomatoes, keeps you in vegetables for the whole year as well.

Keep bees and chickens. A dairy goat for milk. Amazon for olive oil source verified, Amazon pharmacy prescription needs, and long term prescriptions you can just buy from Mumbai, India. No RX needed and for about 10% of the US Pharmacy cost.

I think one could avoid going out anywhere to piss away your health and wealth with very little work and just some planning.

PS, my wife hates potatoes. She does live the Fuyu Asian Persimmons and figs we grow for fruits. The Fuyu Persimmons last six months off the tree in a cool dark spot. Four Fuyu's and two fig trees is more than enough for us.

[from occupied ga]

cornmeal to fill 2 50 pound sacks we store in the garage. It gives you something to do between Christmas and Easter.

Do what? Catch rats and mice? I have trouble keeping rodents out of my garage and I don’t store food in it. They chew away the rubber gasket on the bottom of the door. Chipmunks, voles, and the occasional rat.

[Greg123456]

Not in Iowa. During summer yellow corn 🌽 flies off the shelf and is gone within hours.